More than 25,000 people across the globe and covering 20 countries have volunteered to help others on the annual Mitzvah Day.

The Jewish community inititiave which has now been running for several years involves not just members from the Jewish community but also other faith communities who wish to be involved in te valuable work the day highlights.

Fans of Jewish music are in for a treat this winter as allstar group The Yiddish Twist Orchestra take to the stage at a new arts festival in London’s East End.

The band – who blend traditional Jewish klezmer music with ska-inspired beats, inspired by Jewish bandleader Willy Bergman – will be one of the main performers at the Platforma Festival, an event dedicated to celebrating arts created by and about refugees.

We’ve had Suzie Gold, Wondrous Oblivion and Sixty-Six in recent years – now yet another British-made Jewish comedy is set to be released in cinemas.

Reuniting The Rubins - which has been described as the British answer to US hit Little Miss Sunshine – stars Timothy Spall as lawyer Lenny Rubin, whose dying mother (Honor Blackman) sets him the task of bringing his dysfunctional family back together for Seder night.

A new play which takes a bittersweet look at the issue of interracial romance is set to charm audiences when it opens in East London.

Shalom Baby, which is set against the backdrop of 1930s Berlin during the Nazis’ rise to power, follows the fortunes of a wealthy young woman who falls for her family’s black Shabbas Goy – the assistant employed by the family to help them with tasks on the Sabbath.